Dead or Alive Series Returning to Arcades with DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Ultimate: Arcade in Winter 2013

It’s been 13 years since the Dead or Alive series has seen a new arcade release. Today, however, Tecmo Koei Games announced its return to game centers in Japan with DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Ultimate: Arcade, launching in winter 2013. The game, based on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 title DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Ultimate, will use SEGA’s ALL.Net P-ras MULTI Ver.2 content distribution system.

Team NINJA producer Hayashi Yosuke had this to say about the upcoming arcade release:

“DEAD OR ALIVE” is a fighting game birthed in the arcade. Our latest title brings the series back to its birthplace for the first time in 13 years. To develop for the arcade has been a deep wish of ours since it was first decided to revive the “DEAD OR ALIVE” series 3 years ago.

Our newest title, “DEAD OR ALIVE 5 Ultimate”, is being developed on PlayStation 3 as a free-to-play product simultaneously with the retail version.

All of the development team is working to create a title that will live up to expectations while holding on a dream; the dream of a competitive scene where players in Japan hone their skills to their hearts’ content at home then compete with those skills at the arcade.